The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.

Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings.

Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.

The less you think, the more you believe.

How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

Science is the poetry of reality.

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.

...their voices are quieter than the other groups around them, but their body language speaks volumes.

Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up.""Had to happen sometime, " I say.

Never do the eyes of the devil shine as much as when he hears the words: liberty, equality, fraternity.

Recalling and confessing our sin is like taking out the garbage: once is not enough.

I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can suddenly start coming out at once even though I wrote anything between one and five years ago.

I wish I could be the guy who did the right thing at every time but unfortunately, that's not the case.

He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie.

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.